Recipes

There are two or three ingredients that get wonderfully assimilated in the kitchens and palates of regions around the world and garlic is one of them. One of the most widely used flavour-enhancers by various global cuisines, garlic is essentially an underground root bulb, similar to onions, leeks and shallots. Did you know that it is also one of the oldest cultivated plants by humans? This is probably another reason for garlics widespread appeal and its indispensable nature, when it comes to cooking a wide variety of dishes. One can recognise the smell of garlic from quite a distance, due...

Break out your slow cooker and get ready to enjoy the BEST comfort food to cross your table this season! These Slow Cooker Mocha Beef Tips and Mushrooms are so good itll make you want to lick your plate clean! This post is being sponsored by my friends at Rodelle Inc. to showcase two of my FAVORITE products from them Rodelle Gourmet Baking Cocoa Powder, Dutch Processed (which is my all-time FAVORITE cocoa). As always, all opinions my own. Thank you for supporting partnerships with brands I trust and believe in. This recipe is one Ive been making for at...

A fun Thanksgiving cupcake recipe to make with the kids, these Turkey Cupcakes can be made from scratch or using pre-made cupcakes. Turkey Dessert Recipe Do you have a cute nickname for your kids when they are being cheeky? I always call my daughter and the daycare kids a bunch of turkeys when they are being cheeky, so of course I had to embrace the bird of the season and make some cute turkey cupcakes for all my little turkeys. I always try to have one non-pie dessert at Thanksgiving, especially for the kids, and this year Ill be putting...

Koshary: part Egyptian, part Indian, part Italian, all-consuming (Wikipedia) By Naadirah ValiKoshary is the pride and joy of Egyptian cuisine, a chaotic yet delicious concoction celebrated by almost all Egyptians.At first glance it looks like a random and hard to cook - mix of spice, garlic and tomato sauce poured over a bed of rice, lentils and pasta, then topped off with crispy onions. Carb free it is not.But then comes the first spoonful: soft, tangy and fragrant, with a little heat and crunch from those fried onions.There is a method in this madness that appeals not only to Egypt's...

If you have someone like me who loves a good cookbook, you need to check out some of these cookbooks. Theyre a lot of my favorite cookbooks in every category and every level of experience. This is a great opportunity to take time to go over recipes with your recipient and pick one or two to make together! Those memories in the kitchen making something delicious from a book you gave them will be the best part about the gift, I guarantee it. You can even go further by buying something you will need or use for the recipes in...